Teams | 8 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
MVP | , |
Television | CBS Sports Network, ESPNU |
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UCF †y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 40 | – | 22 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 27 Houston †‡y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 42 | – | 21 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida y | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 42 | – | 19 | .689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 33 | – | 25 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 27 | – | 31 | .466 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 28 | – | 30 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 30 | – | 29 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 7 | – | 17 | .292 | 32 | – | 28 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 23 through May 28. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2017 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [1] [2]
All eight baseball teams in The American will be seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament will use a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | Tiebreaker |
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UCF | 15 | 9 | .625 | 0 | 1 | 2–1 vs Houston |
Houston | 15 | 9 | .625 | 0 | 2 | 1–2 vs UCF |
Connecticut | 14 | 10 | .583 | 1 | 3 | 2–1 vs USF |
South Florida | 14 | 10 | .583 | 1 | 4 | 1–2 vs UConn |
Tulane | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2 | 5 | |
Cincinnati | 10 | 14 | .417 | 5 | 6 | |
Memphis | 8 | 16 | .333 | 7 | 7 | |
East Carolina | 7 | 17 | .292 | 8 | 8 |
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
1 | UCF | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | East Carolina | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | East Carolina | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | South Florida | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | South Florida | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tulane | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | East Carolina | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||
1 | UCF | 0 | - | |||||||||||||||||
1 | UCF | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tulane | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | UCF | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | South Florida | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | East Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Houston | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Houston | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Memphis | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Houston | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Cincinnati | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Houston | 13 | - | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut | 3 | - | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Cincinnati | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Memphis | 1510 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Memphis | 5 |
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